Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| need / every other day. / I travel a lot. I / some petrol |
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| I / have to go / day in, day out / shopping |
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| She / dresses / very often / in blue |
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| come / very often / to help me / My parents |
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| late / often / John / is |
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| Do / you / have lunch / at home? / usually |
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| I / go / three times a week / to the gym |
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| usually / go / to the hairdresser's / I / once a month |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| She / rarely / listens / when you talk to her |
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| go / to the gym / ? / every day / you / Do |
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| never / I / know / what to say |
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| You / never / your car keys / can / find |
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| some help with the homework / need / They / usually |
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| go on holiday / My parents / almost never |
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| I / always / Can / in green? / dress |
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| usually / go / once a year / I / to the dentist |
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| for dinner / eats / pizza / often / Mike |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| she / phoned / me / Yesterday, / twice |
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| never / listen / They / can |
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| do / you / go / to the disco? / How / often |
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| always / I / get up / at 8 a.m. |
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| My car / breaks down / several times a year |
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| Do / feel tired? / you / often |
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| win / ? / Does / Kevin / always |
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| five times / saw / I / it |
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| oranges / I / hardly ever / eat |
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| every other day / We / have / soup |
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| Tom / rarely / will / if you need it / help you |
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| is / She / always / asking me questions |
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| in the mornings. / Something is the matter with me. I / usually / very tired / am |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
